KPop Demon Hunters

 Kind of what it says on the tin.

I quite like the ideas behind it, blending song and fame in as elements of fending off invasion from a demon world. There's a good energy to the movie and characters. The music is solid - I say this as someone who appreciates K-Pop beat, but is a long way from a connoisseur. The overall story works pretty well, touching on (if only lightly) themes of friendship, acceptance, fandom, and redemption. The demonic tiger and magpie duo are cute and fun as hell for all their fairly brief appearances. 

My only criticisms are generally about missed potential - things that weren't bad, but left me feeling like they could have been much better.

Overall, the movie felt rushed, with an intro that has visuals but is still telling more than showing and an ending that wraps everything up neatly only if you don't think much about implications. The animation and cartoony vibe sort of go with that, making the movie feel like "just a kids' show" rather than something that could have delved deeper and had much more impact. I'm not sure if there's enough to have fleshed out into a series, but just about everything felt to me like it could have used more room to breathe from character tensions to missing people to the huge implications of a redeemed demon.

I feel like I watched something that could have had a deep, discussable lore, but instead was just a fairly good movie. Maybe I'm setting the bar too high? I may call it something like a 7 out of 10 - watchable and enjoyable, just not outstanding.

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